Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruit-culture    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. General    7. Greenhouse Vegetable Crops    8. Greenhouses    9. Home Gardening    10. Vegetable gardening    11. Vegetables    12. Fruit & vegetables    13. Gardening / General   

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I learned a great deal about heirlooms from this book.
If you never knew what an "heirloom" was in terms of gardening, you will after this read. I came away from this book with a whole new perspective, admiration, and appreciation for maintaining the integrity of each individual plant, not matter what it was. Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruit Crops    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Heirloom varieties    6. Vegetable Crops    7. Vegetable gardening    8. Vegetables    9. Non-Classifiable   

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A Tree isa plant
I recommend this book because it is about plantin and trees and seeds.

A Tree is a Plant
I would recommend this book because I think it would teach kids something new and they could enjoy the good illistrations.I like this book because it tells the life of the tree in the most perfect way.

A Tree is a Plant
My favorite part of the book is the root.Ilerned that if the tree did have root it would die.I would recommend this bookbecause it is a good book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Kindergarten    2. Fruit    3. Gardening / Horticulture   

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Some fruit, but not enough.
This book is beautifully arranged and the quality of the paper is wonderful.The only thing is that it leaves you wanting more!Read more

Subjects:  1. Climatic - Tropical    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Fruit    5. Specific Ingredients - Fruit    6. Food & Drink / Cookery   

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The "Temperate Climate" Fruit Expert.
This beautifully illustrated and photographed book is a very informative and easy to use reference for everyone who wants expert advice on how to plant and keep a fruit garden. This wonderfully organized book is divided into six sections:
How Useful Is It?
How useful the "Fruit Expert" is depends on where you live.If you're English, this is probably a fine book for you; if you live in the States ... keep looking.I wish I had known this before I bought it; Iwish Amazon would give the publisher's city for all their garden books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruit Crops    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Great Britain    8. Handbooks, manuals, etc    9. Fruit & vegetables    10. Gardening / Fruit    11. REFERENCE - Portable Professor    12. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Edible landscaping    2. Fruit    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Organic gardening    7. Organiculture    8. Vegetable gardening    9. Fruit & vegetables   

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Western Fruit Berries & Nuts
This is one of the best books ever written on fruit trees, berries, nut trees, grapes, etc. for the Western US.As a Master Gardener I reference it constantly.It doesn't use the standard USDA 10 zones, but a much more specific 19. Each type of fruit has its own chapter, with information on rootstock, fruiting date per variety, pruning type, mature size, and so forth. Their variety charts show name, zones, best features and shortcomings for each variety and an extensive narrative.It also contains chapters on grafting, subtropicals, container grown trees, pests and diseases, custom propagation and fruit growing in small areas.Written for the novice, it is outstanding in all respects. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture & Animal Husbandry - General    2. Fruit Crops    3. Fruit culture    4. Fruit-culture    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. General    7. Nuts    8. West (U.S.)   

Subjects:  1. Florida    2. Fruit    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Regional - South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA   

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Right On!!
I usually look in the library to see what books I would like to own. Miracle-Gro Guide to Growing Delicious Vegetables Fruits and Herbs is a book I am going to buy. The pictures are large enough to see what a product will look like. The advice is correct as well. I live in Arizona and these authors are aware that most products in Arizona can get badly sunburned in the summer months without shading. I am glad a publcation has finally come that can give good advice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Herbs    6. Vegetables    7. Gardening / Vegetables   

Subjects:  1. California    2. Fruits And Orchards    3. Walnut, English   

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Excellent
This was one of my first gardening books and is still my favorite one. Perfect for the beginning gardener. Why aren't more gardening books organized like this one?

An all time favorite
In my periodic attempts to grow vegetables, this book -- and its predecessor, "Crockett's Victory Garden," have been my constant and favorite companions. It's past time for this 1987 book to be updated and republished.
An INVALUABLE tool, particularly for novices!
In my opinion, this book needs to be actively published again! I used this book as a guide to grow my first vegetable garden in Richmond, VT. It thoroughly explained EACH step in the process with text and illustrations/photos. My neighbor, whom I hadn't met yet, left a letter in my mailbox around August of that year.It contained a photo of my garden and a note saying that mine was the most beautiful vegetable garden she'd ever seen and thought I would appreciate the picture of it! I have checked this book out of the library each spring since and this year it was listed as "lost!" That's why I'm here on-line: buying an "acceptable" condition copy used rather than do without! BUY THIS BOOK IF YOU CAN! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Berries    2. Fruit    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Herb gardening    6. Vegetable gardening   

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of natural beauty and human nature
As someone who has periodically travelled through downeast Maine, passing through miles of seemingly tractless spruce forests and barrens, I have wondered who lives there, and why.This book captures the answer to that question in a way which edifies the reader about the history and quaint charm of the region.Moreover, the book also suggests how people in similar circumstances find livelihoods, community, and even survival in the most unexpected places.A wonderfully educational and insightful read that makes the reader long to visit the region...those who do will find an austere beauty, hardy people, and newfound respect for the spirit of human enterprise... and they are likely to return to the area, as did the author. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. General    4. History    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. United States - State & Local - New England    8. Nature / General   

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Fantastic
"Japanese Flowering Cherries" is a fabulousbook. Wybe Kuitert has done an excellent job of producing a book with a vast amount of information. The book is very informative about the wide variety of wild and garden varieties. It also discusses the history and appreciation of cherry trees. It also contains some very excellent photography, as well as art work relating to Japan's homage to the cherry tree. Overall, this book is an excellent resource if you want to start your own cherry tree garden, or you just want to become more knowledgeable about this beautiful tree. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Floriculture    2. Fruit    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Japanese flowering cherry    7. Regional - General    8. Trees    9. Shrubs & trees   

Subjects:  1. Agricultural Economics    2. Agriculture - General    3. Fruit    4. Fruit Crops    5. Life Sciences - Botany    6. Life Sciences - Horticulture    7. Pineapple    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Agriculture | Horticulture & Gardening    11. Botany & plant sciences    12. Crop husbandry    13. Horticulture    14. Science / Horticulture    15. Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Home Gardening    5. Horticultural Crops    6. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction    7. Vegetables    8. Gardening / Vegetables   

Editorial Review

"To Vanessa," runs the dedication to Anna Pavord's yardstick manual of creative kitchen gardening, "who planted a weed garden." None of your boring rows of antediluvian cabbages here, then: Pavord's vision of a "new kitchen garden" is a flexible contemporary version of that long-vanished institution, the potager, a garden where special vegetables were grown with flowering plants in arrangements that were both productive and pleasing to the eye. Pavord's contemporary spins on the theme include an alcoholic hedge and a city larder, but traditional designs get a look-in, too; even the oh-so-precious formal herb garden receives a much-needed fillip of imagination and color. Read more

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Wonderful book
This is my favorite gardening book.I put in a vegetable garden this year and THIS book was the basis of my handiwork.Beauty and bountiful harvests are the result of hard work.This book was an inspiration for me.

Beautiful ideas for designing vegetable gardens
The pictures and information in this book are gorgeous & informative.The only issue I had was that though vegetable gardens are meant to be useful & practical, in many instances the attractive aspects of hergardens neccessitated the plants going to seed, therefore becominginedible.The gardens were also often quite larger than the average personmight want to manage; but I enjoyed dreaming about having the energy &space to implement her designs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruit-culture    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Kitchen gardens    7. Vegetable gardening    8. Vegetables    9. Gardening / Vegetables   

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Clip Art    3. Cookery    4. Cooking    5. Fruit Crops    6. Product design    7. Specific Ingredients - Fruit   

Subjects:  1. Berries    2. Fruit    3. Fruit Crops    4. Fruit-culture    5. Gardening    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Organic Gardening    8. Fruit & vegetables   

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A storehouse of both history and horicultural practices
I am affiliated with a large strawberry grower and have had more than a passing acquaintance with Victor Voth. Mr. Handcock's work is so rich in strawberry history, horticulture and other useful information that I have been unable to put it down. I recommend it to Grower and shipper/packers alike for facinating reading...

Great Strawberry Book
Jim Hancock has done a great job with this book.Covers everything you need to know about strawberry production etc... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - Agronomy    2. Agriculture - General    3. Fruit    4. Fruit Crops    5. Gardening    6. Life Sciences - Botany    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Strawberries    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Agriculture | Horticulture & Gardening    11. Crop husbandry    12. Horticulture    13. Technology / Agriculture / Crop Science   

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. Organic gardening    5. Organiculture    6. Vegetable gardening    7. Vegetables    8. Fruit & vegetables